Bold Films, the production company known for compelling movies like Nightcrawler and Whiplash, is taking a step in the superhero direction. They’ve picked up a drama written by Bragi F. Schut titled Samaritan, which they hope to produce and finance- with the help of MichelLitvak and JonOakes as producers and GaryMichaelWalters as executive producer. It’s unknown as to when production will begin; Bold is also in the prepping stages of production for Stronger, a film about the Boston Marathon bombing starring JakeGyllenhaal. Schut also has a project in development: a screenplay for a period horror film titled The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

The spec script is set 20 years after an epic battle left a city’s supervillain dead and its superhero missing. On the rough side of town, a young boy befriends the old man across the alleyway and as their relationship develops, the boy comes to believe the man is the hero in hiding. The truth, however, proves to be more shocking than the boy could have ever imagined.

While Bold Films has never handled superhero story lines, company CEO Gary Michael Walters sounds confident as he assures us:

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